Tippi Degre

Born in Namibia the 4th of June 1990, Tippi grew up in Southern Africa for the first ten years of her life. She was raised in the bush among wild animals where her parents worked as wildlife photographers and filmmakers. She is known for the photos published internationally in the press and in books about her childhood in the wild where she was living close to tribes people of her country the San Bushmen, the Himbas and the animals. She was named after the actress Tippi Hedren. Her parents' photographs about their life in Africa became world famous. At 10 years old, Tippi writes a book Tippi My Book of Africa telling about her life in Southern Africa and Madagascar, a novel based on Tippi's adventurous life. It was published and translated in several languages in 2000 and in Southern Africa in 2005, in English. It reached the annual bestseller list of the German news magazine Der Spiegel in 2001. Tippi has often been represented as embodying the alliance between children, animals and nature. In 2001, she is the Godmother of the WWF with the famous French actor, producer and director Jacques Perrin, in France. Between 2002 and 2003, Tippi was involved with wildlife and environmental documentary films. A documentary on her experiences, Le Monde Selon Tippi, was released in 1997. In 2002-2003, Tippi presented Around the World with Tippi, six wildlife and environmental TV documentary series for the Discovery Channel, directed by Jeanne Mascolo de Filippis and released in 2004. Former Godmother in 2013 of the 20th anniversary of FICMA (International Environmental Film Festival), in 2014 she becomes the director of El Petit FICMA, the children section of the FICMA festival. She gives conferences, raising awareness and education on the link, the bond between Humans and Animals, especially with children. Tippi studied cinema and audiovisuals in France. Today, Tippi is active and involved in wildlife conservation and in the Documentary Film industry.